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I F. E. STEVENSON PRESS Filed June 6, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Patented May 22, i923.

UNHTEE FRANCIS E. STEVENSON, OF MGUNT GILEAD, OHIO, ASSIG-NOR TO THE HYDRAULIC LREfiS MANUFACTURING COItIPANY, OF MOUNT GILEAD, OHIO.

PRESS.

Application filed. June 6, 1921.

T 0 all 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS E. STEVEN- sox, a citizen of the United States, residing in Mount Gilead, county of Morrow, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Presses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to presses, especially intended for household use and which are employed for expressing juices from apples and other fruit and for similar purposes, and the object of this invention is to provide a press of simple construction and few parts, but which is strong and durable, easily operated and conveniently taken apart, cleaned and re-assembled.

According to my invention the press is associated with a grinder which prepares the fruit for the pressing operation and delivers the ground material to bags which, when sufficiently filled, are placed between grooved disks supported in a saucer which is connected by strain rods with a crosshead supporting the grinder and also supporting a screw which operates on a shoe bearing on the topmost disk. When the press is operated by the screw the juices flow into the saucer which is provided with a spout delivering to a suitable receptacle.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure l is a front view of a combined grinder and press embodying my improvements attached to a supporting table;

Figure 2 is a side view thereof;

Figure 3 is a view, partly in section and partly in side elevation, of the press;

Figure l is a view in section of the grinding mechanism, showing how it is associated with the screw press and how it delivers to a s;

Figure 5 is a bottom plan of the cross head and part of the grinder;

Figure 6 shows a section on the line 66 of Fig. 5;

Figure 7 shows an elevation of the rotary cutter forming part of the grinding mechanism;

Figure 8 shows an elevation of the partition employed in the grinder.

The press comprises a saucer A, having a delivery spout a, strain rods B and a crosshead 0, rigidly attached to the up er ends of the strain rods. A press screw i) extends Serial No. 475,247.

centrally through the cross-head and is provided with operating handles cl.

A grinder E is supported by the crosshead, its body portion being preferably integrally formed therewith. Said grinder comprises a hollow body portion 6, having a receiving hopper e and a. delivery opening 6 The grinding chamber 6 is formed with ribs 6 which cooperate with the screw F in reducing the material to a pulp and said screw carries a cutter G of suitable construction but preferably of the kind illustrated in Fig. 7. The cutter is rigidly secured to the screw and revolves therewith. The screw F is su orted at its inner end in a partition H having openings 71. through it and held in place by a set screw it engaging a notch ]L2 (Fig. 8) in the partition. The partition bears against a shoulder h in the body of the grinder and is pressed against said shoulder by the screw. Said screw is formed at its outer end with an axle 0r trunnion 7, which extends through a screw plug f, which closes the outer end of the grinding chamber. The axle carries an operating handle F.

When material is fed to the grinding chamber it is partially reduced to pulp by the screw cooperating with the ribs 6 and is fed towards the discharge opening of the grinder. Before reaching said discharge opening, however, the material is operated upon by the cutter which further reduces it.

By the construction shown, the screw and cutter with'the partition may be readily removed from the grinding chamber, cleaned and as readily replaced.

Hooks or pins K on the bottom of the grinder are adapted to support bags L of suitable material which receive the ground material. When the bags are sufficiently filled they are placed in the press and the screw D is operated to express the juice. The bags are placed between grooved disks M, N, 0, (Fig. 3). The lower disk M rests on the saucer A and is grooved on its upper side. The disk N is grooved on both sides, while the disk 0 is groove-d on its under side.

In the drawings I have shown two bags L and three grooved disks, but of course this number may be varied. lVhen the bags and disks are arranged as shown in Fig. 3, the screw D is operated and the juices are pressed through the bags and flow into the saucer A, from which they are discharged through the spout a into asuitable receptacle R. The screw D bears upon a metal shoe 0, carried by the disk 0.

Any suita-ble'means may be employed for supporting the combined press and grinder. The drawings show the press supported on a table T and attached thereto by clamping devices U of well-known construction.

A combined grinder and press of the kind herein illustrated and above described is of simple construction, may be furnished at comparatively low cost, is easily operated and conveniently kept in proper working condition. It may be employed for making cider, grape-juice and other fruit juices for jellies, etc. If desired, the grinder may be used alone for some purposes, such as making sausage, ground meat and the like and the press may be used separately in various ways.

I claim as my invention:

A combined press and grinder comprising a saucer, a cross head, connections therebetween, a press element carried by said crosshead, a grinder having a body portion formed integral with. the cross head and having a discharge opening above the saucer, and means carried by the cross head and grinder body for suspending a receptacle for ground material therefrom.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

FRANCIS E. STEVENSON. 

